{"product_id":"rivals-in-the-gulf-9780367758486","title":"Rivals in the Gulf","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRivals in the Gulf: Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Abdullah Bin Bayyah, and the Qatar-UAE Contest Over the Arab Spring and the Gulf Crisis \u003c\/em\u003edetails the relationships between the Egyptian Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi and the Al Thani royal family in Qatar, and between the Mauritanian Shaykh Abdullah Bin Bayyah and the Al Nahyans, the rulers of Abu Dhabi and senior royal family in the United Arab Emirates. These relationships stretch back decades, to the early 1960s and 1970s respectively.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing this history as a foundation, the book examines the connections between Qaradawi's and Bin Bayyah's rival projects and the development of Qatar's and the UAE's competing state-brands and foreign policies. It raises questions about how to theorize the relationships between the Muslim scholarly-elite (the \u003ci\u003eulama\u003c\/i\u003e) and the nation-state. Over the course of the Arab Spring and the Gulf Crisis, Qaradawi and Bin Bayyah shaped the Al Thani's and Al Nahyan's competing ideologies in importan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Rivals in the Gulf; \u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the Al Thanis, and Qatari Foreign Policy\u003c\/strong\u003e; 1. Wahhabism and \u003ci\u003eWasaṭiyya\u003c\/i\u003e in Qatar; 2. Qaradawi, Qatar, and the Arab Spring; 3. War in Syria, Coup in Egypt, Crisis in the Gulf; \u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Abdullah Bin Bayyah, the Al Nahyans, and Emirati Foreign Policy\u003c\/strong\u003e; 4. Abdullah Bin Bayyah and the Al Nahyans; 5. The Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies; Conclusion: The \u003ci\u003eʿUlamāʾ\u003c\/i\u003e in the Gulf States \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018062692695,"sku":"9780367758486","price":24.32,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367758486.jpg?v=1750775516","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rivals-in-the-gulf-9780367758486","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}